Petrobras has signed contracts for 23 new support vessels, as part of its 3rd Fleet Renewal Plan for Offshore Support Vessels. The units, type PSV 4500 and OSRV 750, fulfil the 60% local content requirements and will be built in Brazil. Prices presented were competitive, given expected metrics and budgets, it added. In July Petrobras will go back to the market for another 24 OSVs, fulfilling its 2014 contracting target of 146 vessels to be built in Brazil, as planned in the 3rd Fleet Renewal Plan.